Show-case corner.



DE WITT G. MORRIS.

SHOW CASE CORNER.

APPLIOATIOK FILED AUG.24, 1911.

Patented Aug. 18, 1911 WITNESSES:

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DE wire 0. MORRIS, on NEW roan, N. Y., .zi-csmrron 1'0 Lei-mites KEIL a son. on NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOlV-CASE CORNER.

Application filed August 24, 1911.

To all QUZLOI'I'L it may concern Be it known that I, Dr: lVrr'r (l. Monms, a citixen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, in the county :1 nd State of llew York. have invented a certain new and useful ShovwUase torner, of which the following is a specification, the same being); a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to articles designed for purposes of exhibition. as a case or inclosure of which all or some of the sides are of glass, intended to keep small and delicate or valuable objects from dust and injury while leaving them in plain sight, and in particular to an adjustable metallic corner piece, which may be clamped to the plate glass sides of the show case at the corners thereof, and whereby the plate glass top or cover may be rigidly secured to the said show case.

lVit-h this object in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts.

In order to enable the invention to be fully understood, I shall proceed to explain the same by refrence to the drawings illustrative of one embodiment of the invention, which accompany and form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a show case in which my invention is embodied, Fig. 2 is a bottom view of a corner thereof: and Fig. 3 is a transverse. section taken diagonally across my show case corner. I

Like letters of reference parts in all the views.

Referring particularly to the drawing B, C, denote the glass side and end of a show case, and A the plate glass top or cover of the same. One member of body portion of the corner piece is preferably made in the form of a right angle, and has two depending walls 6, c, 7), c forming a channel or groove in which, when the corner piece is applied to the show case, are contained the glass side plates. Screws 13-, If cushioned as at b at their interior ends are passed through the inner wall of the corner piece and serve to securely clamp the body portion of the corner piece to the said side plates without producing enough pressure to crack indicate like Patented an". 18, 1914-.

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the glass. The said member of the corner piece is formed atthe central part of the upper face thereof with an undercut groove having edges 7), c, and also has at the central part of the top edge a shoulder formed at each side of the same. The other member or top portion of the corner piece consists preferably of a. clamping plate comprising, a triangular part (A adapted to fit and to pass over the sides, top and bottom of a corner of a glass plate. The bottom part a of the said member extended in an inward direction, the side edges of the same being beveled so as to work in the groove of the body member, and the outer lower portion of the top member is also ordinarily formed with a shoulder a". The said laterally or inwardly extending bottom portion (1! is also formed with :1 depending portion (1. through which PHI-{HUS a screw m.

in operation, a body portion of the corner piece is attached to each of the four corners of the show case, and the top members are inserted in the same, and the corners of the plate glass top are then loosely placed in the said top portions, after which the said top members of the corner clamps are adjusted by manipulating the screws a", in order to accommodate ,glass plates of varying sizes,- from within the show case; which operation serves to firmly clamp the plate glass top within the four top portions of the corner pieces which are lmldsecurely to the body portion thereof in the manner described.

Although in the embodiment shown, the show case corner is only adapted to be used with a. square show case, yet it is manifest that the invention may be readily adapted to show cases of other forms or contours by those skilled in the art.

I wish it to be understood that l do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to persons skilled in the art.

lVhat I claim is In a device of the class described, a corner member having a central body portion and a channel formed by parallel depending; flanges to receive the side abutting plates, interiorly located cushioned device to lie botwcen the inner llangrcs and the side plates, in combination with another corner member the top of which covers the top plate and the lower part whereof is "lush with the top face of the first member, and adjustable the pressure being distributed along the means located at the interior corner of the edges of the plates in lieu of being localized. show case to engage both of the said niein- In testimony of the foregoing specificabers whereby, by one operation alone theretion 1'. do hereby sign the same in the city of of, the cushioning devices may be forced New York, county and State of New York, 15 with an outward pressure against the side this 28th day of July, 1911.

plates, and the top plate may be held to the DE WITT C. MORRIS.

side plates With an inward pressure, the Witnesses: three plates being thereby securely fastened I F. A. VVURZBAOH, 10 together Without unduly straining the same, 1 HENRY F. KEIL.

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